This page was created to assist our cooperators. If there is any additional information you would like to see here, please let us know. As always, we thank all our cooperators! Topics covered on this page (click to visit the section of interest):
Other items on the CDL website that may be of interest:
Cereal Rust Survey Mail List
The cereal-rust-survey mail list is a mail list for rapid exchange of information relating to the current cereal rust situation in the U.S. By addressing a message to the mail list address, you can send your information to all subscribers in the list.
We would encourage anyone that has information on the cereal rust situation in the U.S. or an interest in this type of information, to subscribe to the mail list for the latest information available.
Rust Updates
In an attempt to provide all interested individuals with the latest news on the current cereal rust situation in the U.S.; we post messages from our cooperators that relate to the cereal rust situation in the U.S. (messages from the cereal-rust-survey mail list are reposted here as well).
Cereal Rust Bulletins
The Cereal Disease Lab (CDL) publishes the Cereal Rust Bulletins biweekly from April through early August.
Germplasm Evaluation
Germplasm evaluations performed by the CDL staff are available on this site. For agronomic and disease observations visit the Hard Winter Wheat Regional Nursery Program (NRPN, RGON, SRPN, and WPRPN) website
Rust Samples
Please use the following table to determine where to send your cereal rust samples for race identification. Recommended procedure for making uredinial stem and leaf rust collections. (Images and descriptions of stem rust hosts included.)
Samples |
Send to: |
Stem rusts (including aecia on barberry) |
USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory University of Minnesota 1551 Lindig Street St. Paul, MN 55108 |
Wheat leaf rust |
same as above |
Oat crown rust (including aecia on buckthorn) |
same as above |
Barley leaf rust |
Dr. Brian Steffenson Department of Plant Pathology University of Minnesota 495 Borlaug Hall 1991 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55109-6030 |
Stripe rust (barley and wheat) |
Dr. Xianming Chen USDA-ARS 361 Johnson Hall Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-6430 |
Rust Collection Forms
Rust collection forms and permits can be obtained by e-mailing (david.long@ars.usda.gov) or calling Dave Long (612-625-1284) or our secretary (612-625-6299). We encourage you to read the procedure for collecting rust samples. As always your assistance is greatly appreciated!
Supplies
Cooperators often ask us where we obtain some of our more unusual supplies. This supplies list may be of help.
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